http://dave.pintglass.org babblings! . . . hopefully Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:51:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 So it seems that summer is gearing up. It was really hot today and here I am complaining when this isn't even the peak of the hot weather! Brandon will be heading here on Wednesday and we'll be heading to Kyoto on Friday night. I looked at a forecast and ... http://dave.pintglass.org/index.php?p=46 Hey all, well I finally got a new blog installed as you can see, but I'll be changing the look of it soon. If you haven't already, checkout recently uploaded pictures from Kyoto and Hakone. There's quite a few there, so come back often to check them all out OR ... http://dave.pintglass.org/index.php?p=1 Last weekend (3/27-29), was able to go to Hakone. Hakone is the entire area that surrounds Mt. Hakone which is in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. It is southwest from Tokyo, about an hour and a half train ride away. Again we lucked out on the weather (as you can see ... http://dave.pintglass.org/index.php?p=45 Two Sundays ago (March 21), I went to Kamakura - about an hour train ride south of Tokyo - with some friends from work. Kamakura has approximately 65 temples and 19 shrines in Kamakura - many founded eight centuries ago when it was once the military and political center of ... http://dave.pintglass.org/index.php?p=44 Stumbled across an interesting website tonight while dreaming about travel in Asia. It's called PassPlanet and has some pretty good details for travel in Asia and Central America - content is from other backpackers. Have a look. http://dave.pintglass.org/index.php?p=43 Well, I could've sworn that it was getting warmer and that spring was almost here. However, yesterday morning I woke up to find it snowing outside! Why was it so surprising? Just the day before (Sunday) it was around 16c / 60f! The Japanese have a proverb (adopted from China) ... http://dave.pintglass.org/index.php?p=42 Happy early Valentine's day. I've been talking about it all week with my students and thought I'd share a bit about how the day is celebrated in Japan. Very different here - on Valentine's day, women do all the giving - they give mainly chocolate to their male co-workers or ... http://dave.pintglass.org/index.php?p=41 Added a lot of new pictures tonight from the last two weeks. It's been pretty busy here. Celebrated my birthday with friends by going out to eat, then karaoke. Met up with friends in Tokyo for a concert, with a little karaoke. Then this past weekend, sent off Jamison with ... http://dave.pintglass.org/index.php?p=40 Today I had one of the best cups of coffee since I came to Japan. Actually had an americano! which is pretty much a special order thing at the other cafes I've visited. Went into Tokyo today and traipsed around Harajuku and stumbled upon a coffee shop that serves Caffe ... http://dave.pintglass.org/index.php?p=39 First, Happy New Year to you all. I hope that this next year has a ton of good in store for you. May it be blessed and rich with family, friends and memories. So...I decided to redo my site altogether. partially because the menu for my album folders were not viewable ... http://dave.pintglass.org/index.php?p=38